 | The rapporteur of the European Parliament draft report on Kashmir, Baroness Emma Nicholson, is optimistic that the parliament's foreign affairs committee will adopt the controversial report when it votes on it Wednesday.
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 | Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Sunday visited Nandigram, where at least 14 people died in police firing Wednesday, and expressed concern over the situation there.
"The situation is grave and people have lost faith in police... More |
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 | Demanding arrest of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya for Wednesday's Nandigram carnage, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday said people would have the last word on the communists and not the power that flows from the... More |
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 | Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday called on the international community to continue boycotting the newly formed Palestinian national unity government, local media reported.
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 | The protests across Pakistan over the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry have spurred exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to "come out of temporary political hibernation".
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 | The Congress party marks the beginning of a new era Sunday with high-profile MP Rahul Gandhi launching the party's poll campaign for the first time in India's most populous state - Uttar Pradesh.
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 | Both houses of parliament were adjourned for an hour Monday after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led opposition disrupted proceedings, demanding the dismissal of the West Bengal government over the Nandigram killings.
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 | The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday said the opposition demand to send a joint parliamentary team to violence-hit Nandigram in West Bengal would set an "unhealthy trend" and violate constitutional norms.
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 | The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Friday nominated Naresh Gujral, son of former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral, for election to the Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab to be held later this month.
Naresh Gujral had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha... More |
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 | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will kick-start its campaign later this month for April-May Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, targeting corruption and casteist politics.
"Our leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh will... More |
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